BRIDE Performances

2006

Twelve adults joined the children to give a Maypole display. The adults wore Edwardian style clothes and the girls had pinafores over full skirts. The children showed closed plaits and barber's pole variations; the adults displayed open plaits like Gypsy Tent and Spider's Web. Unfortunately the weather made things very muddy on one occasion, all in a summer's day! The children also travelled to London to join other SIFD groups at the Embankment Gardens where they performed their favourite English dances, Jenny Pluck Pears and the Hop Picker's Feast.

2005

The display team consisted of the Bognor Regis children dressed in Serbian Vlaski costumes. The display team performed at the Hunston Church Fete, the Felpham & Middleton English Country Dance Club annual party, the Sands of Time Festival, the Hawth Theatre Crawley and the Royal Albert Hall.

On Show at the Royal Albert Hall, London

2004

The display team consisted of the Bognor Regis adults and children plus children from Paulsgrove. The adults were dressed in Ukrainian costume, the children in Danish and 'pan-european' costumes. (See our photos) The display team performed the following international folk dances at the Paulsgrove Carnival, the Rustington Carnival and the Pagham Fete: Archangelski Chorowod, Moy Muzhenka, Vosle Sadu & Walenki from Russia, Erva Cidera from Portugal, the Cumberland Reel from Britain and Familie Sekstur & Trommelvals from Denmark.

2002

Janet Douglas was invited to train up two Maypole teams for West Meads Jubilee celebrations. One team was made up of children under 12 and the other made up of grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Great fun was had by all. As a result it was decided to form a proper display team and BRIDE was born!